Details of Jameis Winston’s one-year contract with the Saints have become public. The former first overall pick’s base salary will be one-point-one million dollars, with three-point-four million dollars in incentives. That’s according to ESPN’s Field Yates. Winston made nearly 21-million dollars last season with the Buccaneers when he led the NFL in passing yards but threw 30 interceptions. The former Heisman Trophy winner said on Instagram Live that playing for Coach Sean Payton and with Drew Brees will provide him with a Harvard education for quarterbacks.
LSU has added an offensive lineman from Harvard. Six-foot-five, 270- pound Liam Shanahan is signing with the Tigers as a grad transfer. He’s started at right guard, right tackle and left guard during his three seasons with the Crimson. Shanahan was an All-Ivy League first-team selection last season.
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper is optimistic NASCAR’s Coca-Cola 600 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway can be run at the end of May without fans.
The NCAA’s board of governors supports student-athletes getting paid for endorsements and promotions by a third-party. Under the proposed rule changes, student-athletes can profit from modeling apparel as long as that apparel doesn’t include school logos or other school marks. And athletes will be allowed to hire an agent to help procure marketing opportunities. This does not mean the NCAA can pay athletes and the proposal would put limitations on potential compensation. Division one, two, and three must approve these proposals and if approved, they would take effect by the start of the 2021-22 academic year.
The NFL has set the dates for the 2021 draft. It will take place in downtown Cleveland from April 29 to May 1st. The league says the plan is to incorporate some of their innovations and special access from the 2020 draft into their draft plans for next year.
There’s a report Major League Baseball will hold a virtual draft in June. There was some talk about pushing the draft back into the summer. We still don’t know the length of the draft, it could be as short as five rounds or maybe as long as ten rounds.